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Where do we go from here? U of R economist weighs in on rate hikes
On Wednesday, the Bank of Canada raised its interest rate for the eighth time in less than a year. It went up 25 basis points - or a quarter of a percentage point - to 4.5 per cent. That was the small...
Jan 28, 2023
Bank of Canada hikes interest rate to 4.5%, highest mark since 2007
Canada's key interest rate has risen for an eighth straight month. The Bank of Canada on Wednesday announced it had raised the rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 4.5 per cent, its highest mark...
Jan 25, 2023
Moe says federal climate policies could cost Saskatchewan $111 billion by 2035
Federal climate policies could cost Saskatchewan's economy more than $100 billion by 2035, according to Premier Scott Moe. On Tuesday, the provincial government released an analysis by the Ministry of...
Oct 11, 2022
Sask. to become home to ‘transformative’ rare earth production facility
A feat of ingenuity is creating what could be the province's next major resource thanks to a plant and technology — the first of its kind being developed right here in Saskatchewan. The foundati...
Oct 05, 2022
Bank of Canada raises key interest rate by 0.75 per cent
The cost to borrow money in Canada is getting more expensive. The Bank of Canada raised its benchmark lending rate by three-quarters of a percentage point to 3.25 per cent Wednesday morning. The move ...
Sep 07, 2022
Dropping gas prices slow inflation in July
Lower prices at the gas pumps slowed the pace of inflation across Canada for the first time in months. Statistics Canada reported on Tuesday the national inflation rate retreated to 7.6 per cent in Ju...
Aug 16, 2022
Saskatchewan has second-lowest unemployment rate among provinces
Saskatchewan has an unemployment rate of 4 per cent, the second lowest among all provinces. That's according to job numbers released Friday by Statistics Canada, which show more than 24,400 full-time ...
Aug 05, 2022
Small business owners lament utility rate hikes, NDP wants them walked back
With utility rates increasing in Saskatchewan on top of inflation, on top of two years of a pandemic, some small businesses are wondering if they can still make a go of it. Tim and Amy Weisgarber's bu...
Aug 04, 2022 Tim and Amy Weisgarber (C and R) are worried about keeping their businesses - Core Coffee and T+A Vintage - open as utility rates rise. The NDP's Aleana Young (L). Aug. 4, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'Reality is starting to catch up to markets,' gas analyst says
Saskatchewan has seen a recent reprieve from the extremely high gas prices of mid-June, but Saskatoon is still better off than Regina and much of the western part of the country. Dan McTeague, a gas p...
Jul 30, 2022
U of R economist addresses latest inflation numbers
Canada's inflation rate jumped to its highest level in nearly 40 years in May, according to Statistics Canada. The agency said the consumer price index in May rose to 7.7 per cent, up from 6.8 per cen...
Jun 22, 2022
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